UPI NewsTrack articles from January 2005

UPI NewsTrack archives from January 2005

NBA: San Antonio 98, LA Clippers 79.(Sports News)
January 1, 2005... LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31, 2004 (UPI) -- Tim Duncan and Tony Parker paced San Antonio to its 10th win in 11 games Friday night, a 98-79 decision over the Los Angeles Clippers. Duncan scored 23 points and Parker had 21 as the Spurs beat the...

Rehnquist: No action on 'activist judges'.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- In his annual New Year's Day report, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist warned against trying to remove "activist judges." The chief justice also appealed to Congress to better fund the federal...

UPI NewsTrack Sports.(Newswraps)
January 1, 2005... Louisville ends Boise State's streak MEMPHIS, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Stefan LeFors rallied eighth-ranked Louisville in the second half Friday night to a 44-40 win over No. 10 Boise State in the Liberty Bowl. Boise State brought an 11-0 record...

NBA: Houston 105, Milwaukee 90.(Sports News)
January 1, 2005... HOUSTON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Tracy McGrady made up for the absence of Yao Ming by scoring 42 points Friday night, leading Houston to a 105-90 win over Milwaukee. Yao, suffering from a case of the fly, missed a game for the first time in his...

Moderate quake jolts Sumatra's Bengkulu.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... JAKARTA, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted Bengkulu province in Indonesia's southern Sumatra Saturday morning. There were no immediate reports of damage or injury but the temblor, panicked residents of...

Tsunami death toll approaches 150,000.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Nearly one week after unprecedented tsunamis in the Indian Ocean trashed South Asian and African coastlines the death toll is approaching 150,000. Worst hit from Sunday's catastrophe has been the...

Revelry, grief blend in New Year's events.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Nearly 1 million people crowded New York's Times Square to celebrate the unusually balmy arrival of 2005, the New York Times reported Saturday. Amid the revelry, Mayor Michael Bloomberg called for a moment of...

N.J. man questioned in laser beam attack.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... PARSIPPANY, N.J., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Federal and local authorities Saturday questioned a New Jersey man suspected of shooting a laser beam at an airborne police helicopter and an airplane. The man has not been arrested, CNN reported. ...

Owner of club where 175 died arrested.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Argentine authorities arrested one of the owners of the Buenos Aires nightclub where 175 mostly teenage people died in a fire, CTV News reported Saturday. Omar Chaban was arrested Friday and faces charges that...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... Tsunami death toll approaches 150,000 BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Nearly one week after unprecedented tsunamis in the Indian Ocean trashed South Asian and African coastlines the death toll is approaching 150,000. Worst hit...

Palestinians kills Palestinian girl.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... JABALYA, Gaza, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A Palestinian rocket blasted the home of a refugee family in the northern Gaza Strip Saturday, killing a 10-year-old Palestinian girl. Ibtihal Abu Daher was killed and her 11-year old brother, Ihab, wounded...

News: Man not able to leap small buildings.(Quirks in the News)
January 1, 2005... ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Florida doctors treated an 18-year-old man who tried to jump from one building to another but instead fell six stories and broke numerous bones. Timothy Paul Bargfrede watched a friend clear a 2 1/2 foot jump...

Calif. gives samesex couples new rights.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- California began Saturday treating gay and lesbian couples registered as domestic partners the same way it does heterosexual married couples. A law passed in 2003 when Gray Davis was governor took effect...

James Dobson threatens six senators.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... COLORADO SPRINGS, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Evangelical leader James C. Dobson is threatening six Democratic senators if they block conservative appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court. The founder of the Focus on the Family organization is sending a...

Thai officials turn to 'cadaver elephants'.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... PHUKET, Thailand, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Thai officials are using elephants to retrieve the bodies of the people who died in this week's deadly tsunamis, Sky News reported Saturday. Two dozen elephants are moving through the resort island of...

EBay absorbing unwanted holiday gifts.(Quirks in the News)
January 1, 2005... LONDON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Britons are turning to eBay to recycle holiday gifts they have no intention of using, the Telegraph reported Saturday. The online auction also is emerging as a favorite place to sell items that retailers put on sale...

ElBaradei seeks third term as IEAE head.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog, Mohammed ElBaradei, is seeking a third term with the agency, despite U.S. opposition. Mohammed ElBaradei, an Egyptian diplomat who has led the...

Bush: Delegation to help tsunami relief.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... CRAWFORD, Texas, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- President Bush said Saturday he was sending a delegation led by Secretary of State Colin Powell and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to help tsunami-relief efforts. Bush Friday increased the monetary relief from the...

Aussies begin pulling man from mine shaft.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... RUSHWORTH, Australia, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Australian paramedics found a man who had fallen 46 feet down an old gold mine shaft Saturday in northern Victoria. The 36-year-old was being treated for head and chest injuries and possible internal...

Less stray animals killed in NYC.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- New York City put fewer stray dogs and cats to death in 2004 than in any year on record since the 1890's, the New York Times reports. The city's Animal Care and Control shelters put to sleep 23,684 dogs and cats...

Insurgents kill 12 Iraqis, one U.S. Marine.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... BAGHDAD, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Insurgents killed one U.S. Marine and 12 Iraqis as well as wounding several others on New Year's Day, Sky News reported. The bodies of five slain Iraqi police officers were shown Saturday on a Web site run by...

Mandatory voting proposed in Canada.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... TORONTO, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A Canadian Liberal party senator is proposing legislation that would require all eligible voters to cast ballots or face a fine. The legislation by Sen. Mac Harb also proposes to have the ballot offer a "none of...

Celebrities want to end extreme poverty.(Entertainment News)
January 1, 2005... LONDON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- British actors and musicians including Scarlett Johansson, Bono and Paul MacCartney, have joined together to end extrme poverty. The year-long charity campaign, Make Poverty History, wants world leaders to cancel...

Chirac: France to vote on EU constitution.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... PARIS, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- French President Jacques Chirac says his country will vote on the European Union constitution before summer. The new EU constitution aims to make the 25-nation body more efficient following its expansion, however, it...

Man dies from broken fish tank cut.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A New York man and father of six bled to death after falling onto a glass fish tank that shattered and then severed an artery in his arm. Police said Antonio Perez, 47, had been drinking with his girlfriend and...

Rain, floods hurt Sir Lanka aid effort.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Heavy rains and flooding in Sri Lanka Saturday disrupted efforts to help 1 million people affected by this week's killer tsunamis. Health officials in Sri Lanka said more than 30,000 people have died...

Five-year-old rescued from icy pond.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... WESTMINSTER, Colo., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A Colorado man rescued a 5-year-old boy, blue and unconscious, from an ice-covered pond near a hospital where he was then given life-saving treatment. The boy and two girls were playing, unsupervised,...

Bush issues News Year's message.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... CRAWFORD, Texas, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President Bush's New Year's message outlined his plans for 2005, including continuing the war on terror and building "on our economic progress." "In the United States, we go forward in the New Year with...

Pilot finishes risky trans-Atlantic flight.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... SHANNON, Ireland, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The pilot of a light, single-engine aircraft who feared low fuel might force him to abort his Canada-to-Ireland flight landed safely Saturday in Shannon. The pilot, who took off Friday from Goose Bay,...

Communion chalice does not spread germs.(UPI Science Report)
January 1, 2005... LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Many believe Communion chalices used by worshippers during church services are teeming with germs, but a New Jersey biologist says it is not a risk. "People who sip from the Communion cup don't get sick more...

Lord's Resistance Army halts peace talks.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... GULU, Uganda, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Once-promising peace talks between Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army died Saturday after LRA rebels ambushed troops near a northern town. President Yoweri Museveni vowed renewed pressure against the rebels...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... Bush: Delegation to help tsunami relief CRAWFORD, Texas, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- President Bush said Saturday he was sending a delegation led by Secretary of State Colin Powell and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to help tsunami-relief efforts. Bush...

Thai PM vows tsunami-alert probe.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... BANGKOK, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Thailand's prime minister vowed Saturday to investigate reports that earthquake forecasters suppressed a tsunami alert to retain the nation's tourists. Thaksin Shinawatra's pledge follows allegations by an unnamed...

Georgia challenged to drop Jim Crow laws.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... ATLANTA, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A Georgia Democrat is challenging the state's Republican-controlled General Assembly to drop all segregation laws from its books. State Rep. Tyrone Brooks, D-Atlanta, president of the Georgia Association of Black...

Extensive oversight of Homeland Security.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is hampered by having to report to 88 congressional committees and subcommittees, the Washington Post said. The Sept. 11 Commission report said an expert witness testified...

East African trading bloc begins operating.(Business News)
January 1, 2005... NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A trading bloc of three East African nations began operating Saturday in the first step of what officials hope will one day be a political union. Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda spent six years trying to revive...

Father makes false cancer claim.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... CRANSTON, R.I., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A Cranston, R.I., father has been arrested for allegedly raising $20,000 in donations by saying his healthy daughter had leukemia. State police Capt. Stephen J. Lynch said Jordan P. Bruno has been charged...

Slasher held in lieu of $1 million bail.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... ANAHEIM, Calif., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- California authorities were holding a man who dressed like the villain in the "Scream" movie and used a machete to slash his siblings and friend. Rodrigo Marcelo Castro, 19, was in the Orange County Jail on...

Charlize Theron changes hair for new movie.(Entertainment News)
January 1, 2005... GLASGOW, Scotland, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- South African actress Charlize Theron, who plays the title role of a hit woman in the movie "Aeon Flux," has gone from blonde to black. Theron, who was unrecognizable to many fans in her Oscar-winning...

GITMO interrogators confirm U.S. torture.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Interrogators at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have routinely used inhumane methods that could be viewed as torture. Some detainees were degraded by forcible enemas and sexual taunts from women, the...

Tommy Cooper tops U.K. best comic list.(Entertainment News)
January 1, 2005... LONDON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Comedian Tommy Cooper has topped the British King or Queen of Comedy list, compiled by the food company McCain. McCain's compiled the list to mark its sponsorship of Comic Relief, the Glasgow Daily Record reported...

Petrino says he'll stay at Louisville.(Sports News)
January 1, 2005... LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Bobby Petrino of Louisville says he is no longer a candidate for the head football coaching job at LSU. Petrino said Saturday he's staying at Louisville. He had met with LSU officials who are looking for...

Boston Red Sox star Johnny Damon weds.(Entertainment News)
January 1, 2005... ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Boston Red Sox center fielder Johnny Damon is now a married man. Damon and Michelle Mangan, who ran a talent agency, were married at the Ritz Carlton Grande Lakes Hotel in Orlando, Fla., the Boston Globe...

Tom Hanks is top U.S. movie money maker.(Entertainment News)
January 1, 2005... GROTON, Mass., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Tom Hanks has been voted the Top Money-Making Star of 2004 by the Quigley Publishing Co.'s 72nd Annual Top Ten Money-Making Stars Poll. Hanks, who appeared in three films in 2004, has topped the...

VH1 airs show on plastic surgery.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- "Plastic Surgery Obsession," scheduled to air Monday on cable's VH1, examines the U.S. obsession with plastic surgery. The one-hour special traces the history of the early pioneers of plastic surgery, from its...

UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News.(Newswraps)
January 1, 2005... Celebrities want to end extreme poverty LONDON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- British actors and musicians including Scarlett Johansson, Bono and Paul MacCartney, have joined together to end extrme poverty. The year-long charity campaign, Make...

Oprah Winfrey top TV personality.(Entertainment News)
January 1, 2005... ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Oprah Winfrey retained her title as the top U.S. TV personality, a title she has held the last two years, according to a Harris Interactive survey. David Letterman remained at the No. 2 spot, although he now...

COL FB: Tennessee 38, Texas A&M 7.(Sports News)
January 1, 2005... DALLAS, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Tennessee routed Texas A&M 38-7 Saturday in the Cotton Bowl. Rick Clausen passed for three touchdowns for Tennessee. C.J. Fayton, Cory Anderson and Tony Brown each caught a scoring pass. and Cedric Houston and...

COL FB: Georgia 24, Wisconsin 21.(Sports News)
January 1, 2005... TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- David Greene threw two touchdown passes for Georgia in a 24-21 victory over Wisconsin Saturday in the Outback Bowl. Fred Gibson and Jeremy Thomas each caught a scoring pass and Tomas Brown rushed for 106 yards...

U.S. Coast Guard deployed to tsunami scene.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... ALAMEDA, Calif., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Coast Guard specialists headed to Asia Saturday to assess the environmental hazards that exist in areas devastated by the Christmas weekend tsunami. A crew flew the C-130 out of Sacramento Saturday carrying...

Banknotes from Irish bank robbery surface.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... Byline: ALEX CUKAN BELFAST, Ireland, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- British police were examining Saturday banknotes believed to be stolen as part of a $38 million Northern Ireland bank robbery. The Times of London reported Saturday that two 20-pound...

Many British smokers want to quit.(UPI Science Report)
January 1, 2005... LONDON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Four in 10 British smokers want to give up smoking for 2005, mainly for health reasons, but also for the savings in money, a survey found. However, just under a third of the 700 British smokers surveyed said they...

Ex-soldier gets letters 60 years later.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... LIVERPOOL, England, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A former British soldier has received a series of letters sent by his mother during World War II, the Times of London reported Saturday. The letters, written by Ken McKernan's estranged mother, Maude,...

Robot drives racing camel in Qatar.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... DOHA, Qatar, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The first robotic camel racing jockey has completed a successful trial run in Qatar, the Times of London reported Saturday. The Times said the robotic jockey may replace his human counterparts, after the Qatari...

Princess foiled 1974 kidnap attempt.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... LONDON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Declassified papers have said Britain's Princess Anne foiled an attempted kidnapper in 1974. Princess Anne's car was ambushed by Ian Ball in London during March 1974, the BBC reported Saturday. The papers,...

COL FB: Florida State 30, West Virginia 18.(Sports News)
January 1, 2005... JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Leon Washington and Lorenzo Booker combined for 296 yards rushing Saturday as No. 15 Florida State beat No. 23 West Virginia 30-18 in the Gator Bowl. Washington carried 12 times for 195 yards, including a...

COL FB: Iowa 30, Louisiana State 25.(Sports News)
January 1, 2005... ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Drew Tate threw a last-second, 56-yard TD pass to Warren Holloway Saturday to give No. 13 Iowa a 30-25 victory over No. 11 LSU in the Capital One Bowl. Tate passed for 287 yards and two touchdowns and Marques...

Britain marks 20 years of cell phones.(UPI Science Report)
January 1, 2005... LONDON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of cell phones in Britain, the BBC reported. The first British cell phone call was made across the Vodafone network Jan. 1, 1985. Since that year, cell phones, known as...

COL BKB: Kansas 70, Georgia Tech 68 (OT).(Sports News)
January 1, 2005... LAWRENCE, Kan., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Keith Langford got the game-winner with 3.3 seconds left in overtime Saturday as No. 2 Kansas overcame a 16-point deficit to beat No. 9 Georgia Tech, 70-68. Langford scored 16 of his 18 points after halftime...

Scandinavian countries mourn tsunami dead.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Sweden, Finland and Norway had a day of mourning Saturday for victims of the Asian tsunami, as 4,500 Scandinavians remained missing. Nearly 100 people from Sweden, Finland and Norway countries have been...

Three fires set in Ireland.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... Italy, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Police in Banbridge, Ireland, were searching Saturday for an alleged arsonist who set fire to two homes and school in the County Down area. An oil tank was set on fire at the back of a house in Banbridge early...

US Airways promises smooth operations.(Business News)
January 1, 2005... NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Officials of US Airways have promosed holiday travelers this weekend that last week's U.S. cancellations, delays and lost baggage would not occur again. "What happened last weekend is not the norm and not what they...

UPI NewsTrack TopNews.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... Extensive oversight of Homeland Security WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is hampered by having to report to 88 congressional committees and subcommittees, the Washington Post said. The Sept. 11...

Pope prays for tsunami victims.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... ITALY, Vatican City, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- In his New Year's Day message at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Pope John Paul II said he prayed for the terrible calamity caused by the tsunami in Asia. However, the pope said there was a "movement of...

Kashmir blast injures 17.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... ANANTNAG, India, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Militants triggered a massive explosion in Indian-controlled Kashmir that injured 17 people Saturday, the Press Trust of India reported. Police believe South Kashmir Deputy Inspector-General Ravinder Kotwal...

Two artifacts returned to Egypt.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... CAIRO, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- An Egyptian legal team has retrieved two ancient artifacts from New York and returned them to Egypt, reported Egyptian news agency MENA. Egyptian Minister of Culture Faruq Husni said the two artifacts, a pottery jar...

Ukraine city eats 880 pound cake.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... ODESSA, Ukraine, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The citizens of Odessa, Ukraine, have teamed up to consume an 880 pound New Year's cake, Itar-Tass news reported Saturday. It took the crowd only 15 minutes to polish off the cake, along with 4,000...

Girl charged after alleged fake kidnapping.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... AURORA, Ill., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A 15-year-old girl from Aurora, Ill., has been charged with felony disorderly conduct after she allegedly faked a kidnapping, Aurora Beacon News reported. The girl allegedly called 911 Tuesday from her cellular...

China to try to solve Taiwan 'peacefully'.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... BEIJING, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao said Saturday China will strive to resolve the Taiwan issue peacefully, reported China's government-run news agency, Xinhua. "But we absolutely cannot allow anyone or any force to...

Beatrix Potter book in hieroglyphs.(Quirks in the News)
January 1, 2005... LONDON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," the classic children's book by British author Beatrix Potter has been translated into ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. The translation by the British Museum turns the mischievous Peter...

Colombia: Killers slay 17.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... BOGOTA, Colombia, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Colombian officials suspect left-wing rebels slaughtered 17 people during a New Year's Eve celebration, El Tiempo newspaper reported Saturday. Police said the killings were likely committed by members of...

Tens of thousands march in Hong Kong.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... HONG KONG, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Tens of thousands marched Saturday in Hong Kong to show opposition to politicians they say damaged Hong Kong's interests. Demonstration organizers said about 40,000 to 50,000 people joined the march, reported...

'Million Dollar Idea' begins invention search.(Entertainment News)
January 1, 2005... BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A TV show, "Million Dollar Idea," wants to discover the next great invention in a search beginning Jan. 6 at Mall of America, in Bloomington, Minn. Hosts of the syndicated TV show, Jean Golden and Todd...

West Virginia receiver to enter NFL draft.(Sports News)
January 1, 2005... JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- West Virginia wide receiver Chris Henry said Saturday he will skip his senior season to enter April's NFL Draft. Henry, who finished the season with a school-record 12 touchdown catches and 872 receiving...

Beijing launches SARS alarm system.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... BEIJING, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- China's Beijing Health Department has launched an alarm system to help hospitals prevent the severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS. The Beijing Municipal Health Bureau said major hospitals should organize teams...

China mine explosion kills 10.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... BEIJING, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- China's provincial administration of coal-mine production confirmed Saturday the deaths of ten miners in a gas explosion. The government began discussing compensation for the victims' families once all ten bodies...

COL FB: Texas 38, Michigan 37.(Sports News)
January 1, 2005... PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Dusty Mangum kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired Saturday to give No. 5 Texas a 38-37 victory over No. 12 Michigan in the 91st Rose Bowl. Sophomore quarterback Vince Young accounted for all five of...

Papers reveal botched Israeli assassination.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... LONDON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Details of a 1974 assassination by Israeli secret services were revealed Saturday by papers released at Britain's National Archives in London, the BBC reported. Two Israelis killed a Moroccan catering worker in...

COL BKB: Alabama 68, New Orleans 57.(Sports News)
January 1, 2005... TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The No. 13 Alabama Crimson Tide posted a 68-57 victory over the New Orleans Privateers Saturday. Ernest Shelton led the Crimson Tide scoring with 14 points as Alabama improved to 11-2, including 7-0 at...

Actor William Boyett dead at 77.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... MISSION HILLS, Calif., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Stage, screen, and television actor William Boyett has died in California at 77-years-old, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday. Boyett died Wednesday of complications from pneumonia and kidney...

Pitcher-umpire Ken Burkhart dead at 89.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Ken Burkhart, a former major league baseball pitcher and umpire, has died in Knoxville, Tenn., at 89-years-old. Burkhart helped the St. Louis Cardinals win the 1946 World Series, the Knoxville...

NBA: Miami 113, Charlotte 90.(Sports News)
January 1, 2005... MIAMI, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Dwyane Wade scored 16 of his 26 points in the first half Saturday while leading the Miami Heat to a 113-90 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats. Wade connected on 11 of 16 shots and had nine assists for the Heat, who...

Outgoing Ukraine president calls for unity.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... KIEV, Ukraine, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has called on his country to support the incoming president, the Voice of America reported Saturday. Kuchma made the appeal in his last televised address to the...

Abbas would not fight militants.(UPI Top Stories)
January 1, 2005... GAZA, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The man predicted to become Palestine's new president, Mahmoud Abbas, has said he would not use force against militant groups, the BBC reported Saturday. "We will not use force with Hamas but we will use the way of...